Is there a workaround for the naval repair bug?

[markimash]

I am back having to play naval for the event and i see that the repair bug is still not fixed. Is there any workaround to make it stop?

I heard that it only happens during your first spawn so i tried to bring a reserve destroyer to J out of as my first spawn. That does not seem to work though.

[Circleati]

what is the bug

[markimash]

When my ship gets hit, it will start a hull repair automatically even though i have repairs on manual.

It has been a thing for several months.

[BOMBAY9997042-live]

Not a bug, that’s a game mechanic you need to switch off the setting

[markimash]

What setting?

[BOMBAY9997042-live]

Don’t remember, I just left it on when they added it. It’s some toggle to use the old repair system

[markimash]

Im assuming you are thinking about the advanced damage control system option. I have it turned off.

[BOMBAY9997042-live]

Hmmm yeah no idea unless it reset itself back on, I know settings can do that on occasion

[markimash]

Not the case here.

The fire and damage control all work correctly. Only hull repair happens when i dont want it to. Its very annoying and causes deaths due to it making my fire fighting go from like 8 sec to 30. I can manually cancel it but the second i get hit again it automatically starts.

I have a feeling that gaijin wants it to happen to push people to use the automatic system. The bug report from a few months ago was replied to basically calling it a suggestion and not a bug.

[Circleati]

@markimash

The bug report from a few months ago was replied to basically calling it a suggestion and not a bug.

the bug report from a few months ago is probably from before the toggle for the setting got added in the first place

@markimash

I have a feeling that gaijin wants it to happen to push people to use the automatic system.

literally why would they do that

[markimash]

@Circleati

the bug report from a few months ago is probably from before the toggle for the setting got added in the first place

Toggle was added several months ago when they added the automatic damage control system.

@Circleati

literally why would they do that

Probably the same reason they added the automatic system. People would not repair aa on their battleships which led to people taking a long time to sink. I guess people complained that it took too long to get kills via crew loss.

[Circleati]

@markimash

several months ago

can you send a link to the bug report?

@markimash

Probably the same reason they added the automatic system.

which was added for the arcade bozos, same reason arcade got the auto aim, to make it easier for people to start playing naval without having to learn as much

[markimash]

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/KIn4Sg1OkcS3

@Circleati

which was added for the arcade bozos, same reason arcade got the auto aim, to make it easier for people to start playing naval without having to learn as much

Yeah, i refuse to use it because it just means that people can kill my battleship with like 75mm HE. Since the bots spam HE that rains constantly, your crew would just melt as it keeps repairing your aa.

[Cloudzy26160]

Gaijin thought it was unfair that brainless morons couldn’t just spam your ship to death by constantly just shooting center mass, so they tried to force auto repair to keep constantly recrewing those areas so idiots didn’t have to try to shoot somewhere else.
EDIT: found the quote

Spoiler

@Stona_WT

Previously, some players deliberately did not repair knocked-out modules and compartments with the intention of “saving” part of the crew that remained in those areas. For example if the engine was destroyed, fewer crew would be there, and so less damage would be taken. This is no longer possible with the new system. The ability to do this was a consequence of the old system, but not an intended one. This “tactic” was not intentional as the advantage it gave was antithetical to gameplay and the intentions of the mechanic. We did not consider this a critical “exploit” for lack of better words, as this crew saving was not particularly impactful.

@Stona_WT

Fundamentally, the key issue with deliberately not repairing certain areas of the ship was that it was unfair to the player shooting at it. The most important modules are typically protected by the strongest armor, and to defeat this you need to pick the right shell, set the right range, and lead the shot accordingly. If a player does everything “right”, besting the defenses of an enemy ship, they should be rewarded for successfully carrying out that action. The unintended ability to lessen the reward for the player landing their shots harms gameplay overall.

The New Damage Control Mechanic for Naval

[Circleati]

so it seems its not really a bug they just merged two features out of convenience, even though they were more useful separate